Mystic Mountains (Settlers
Book 1):
In the early 1800s the penal
colony of Botany Bay was an unforgiving and harsh place. Isabella O'Shea is
transported to New South Wales for wounding a member of the British aristocracy
who raped her, so it is understandable that she loathes members of the upper
class and the system that punished her; sentenced her to seven years
transportation.
Tiger Carstairs is rich,
ambitious and English-so is it any wonder she is determined to hate her new
master. Tiger dreams of making a new life beyond the aptly named Blue
Mountains, so called because of the perpetual haze of blue surrounding them.
Mystic Mountains is a story
of courage and persistence-traits that were essential for the settlers who
carved out a new life in a raw land where suffering and heartbreak were
commonplace.
Isabella and Tiger face
tragedy and many hardships in their quest for a new life in this untamed land.
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Distant Mountains
(Settlers Book 2):
Even in the
prospering colony of New South Wales, it would be far-fetched to think a
convicted man could consider marrying the daughter of a wealthy property owner.
But Remy has
larger problems to contend with than Sara’s bigoted father. Forced to leave the
woman he loves behind, Remy faces overwhelming odds and an ordeal that
threatens to strip him of everything; his pride, his strength, his health—even
his life.
Sara has many
struggles of her own and when Remy finally thinks he has a future with Sara
within his grasp, he is sent to a place where pain and suffering are everyday
occurrences. Will the lovers ever find true happiness?
Challenging Mountains (Settlers
Book 3):
By 1840 the
colony of New South Wales was expanding. Transportation of convicts to the east
coast ended, and many free squatters set out to settle on lands to the south.
In 1836, the Government in London authorised Governor Bourke to establish a
settlement in The Port Philip District of New South Wales, and an Association
was formed to make the district a separate colony.
Timothy,
Tiger and Bella Carstairs’ eldest son has turned 21. Bored with his Government
job and intent on seeking adventure and a new life away from Sydney, Tim
decides to journey south in an endeavour to find this adventure, accompanied by
his Uncle Carlos. Where else to find it, but in a newly formed settlement.
In the
1840s the road south might not be as hazardous as the one across the mountains
travelled by his parents when he was a child, but the month long journey
overland holds many dangers and challenges to be faced. Escaped and ex-convicts
seek the easy life by forming gangs to take what they can where they can.
Forced to fight off the intruders who take claim to the land they have cared
for over many, many generations, the Indigenous people are faced with many
trials and battles of their own.
Not the least of
Tim’s personal challenges is a young headstrong woman who, uninvited, takes it
upon herself to join him on his travels.
When they reach their destination, their troubles have only just begun.
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